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Did You Know? Legal Drinking Age 138 Countries, from ProCon.org

Submitted by David Borden on (Issue #733)
Drug War Issues

When marijuana is legalized, states across the country as well as Congress will look at what regulations they want to implement as part of that, with age limits for currently legal drugs like alcohol a likely topic.

Did you know the legal drinking age in 138 countries varies from totally banned at one end to no age limits at the other? Read the details on drinkingage.procon.org, part of the ProCon.org family.

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saynotohypocrisy (not verified)

A state by state comparison of penalties for marijuana possession vs. penalties for drunk driving. And a state by state comparison of penalties for marijuana distribution (and personal gardening) vs. penalties for drunk driving killers.

Mon, 05/07/2012 - 9:33pm Permalink

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